Stephen Downes

I've had some fun - with hilarious results - trying to use ChatGPT to plan cycling routes. So I'm not really sure how well an integration of AI and Google Maps would work. But it couldn't be worse, because at least the map layer would impose constraints (such as, don't plan cycling routes over open water). If we understand the AI as an interpreter - accepting questions and translating them into map queries - then it might be useful. But there are so many ways this could go wrong. Can't fault them for trying, though. Related: Gemini Embedding - "model that maps text, images, video, audio and documents into a single embedding space."